19 Royds Lane, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0BE

19 Royds Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Rothwell, Leeds, Leeds (LS26 0BE). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

At 183 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£209/sq ft) was about 121.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £411,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.